Dry

Dry is a 2014 Nigerian drama film directed by Stephanie Linus and starring Stephanie Okereke, Liz Benson, William McNamara, Darwin Shaw and Paul Sambo. On 20 July 2013, a teaser trailer for the film was released, in response to the Child marriage controversy ongoing in Nigeria at the time. The film's theme focuses on Vesicovaginal fistula condition and underaged marriage among young women, narrating the story of a thirteen-year-old girl, Halima (Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge), whose poor uneducated parents marry her off to Sani (Tijjani Faraga), a 60-year-old man, who constantly rapes her. Halima gets pregnant and suffers Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) after child delivery; she's consequently abandoned by her husband and discriminated against in the society. Zara (Stephanie Okereke), a medical doctor who also suffered a horrific childhood meets Halima; she tries to help her get through her situation and also save other young women under such circumstance. Plot Cast Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge as Halima Stephanie Okereke as Dr Zara Liz Benson as Matron William McNamara as Dr Brown Darwin Shaw as Dr Alex Paul Sambo Olu Jacobs as Speaker Rahama Hassan as Fatima Hauwa Maina as Hadiza Rekiya Ibrahim Atta as Sani's Mother Hakeem Hassan as Honourable Musa Tijjani Faraga as Sani Klint da Drunk as Dr. Mutanga Vineeta Pathak